Before the party heads to where the Divine Dragon slumbers, The Mountain of the Mortal Dragon, I do some sidequesting. Firstly, let's head to Neet. There’s nothing there but a Stardust. I already have the LoD version of the Ribbon for turning in forty, so this doesn't help. Dart also heads to the gravestone and finds his parents' name on it. The gravestone Luanna was in front of earlier isn't to her mother alone, but to everyone who died that day. It’s mildly disappointing that nothing else is here, considering how pivotal this place is.
To reach the Mortal Dragon Mountain, we, once more, need through the Evergreen Forest. While there, I stumble upon Kamuy and Teo, the second side quest today. The wolf howls, giving us an option to retreat. I don't use that option and press forward. Teo yells at us, and several warriors join the scene, who also yell at us. Kamuy easily fends off their attacks before bearing fangs at us.
Kamuy is a pretty easy boss. He can stun and fear our characters, so be prepared to go Dragoon if you need to. I didn’t need to, and physical attacks were more than enough to fell the beast.
As the poor wolf lies there, dying, and his friend Teo crying, Miranda wonders what Shana would do for some reason. She then pulls out her Dragoon Gem and heals the beast. Not only does he shrink to normal size, but his feral nature dissipates as well. The Knight Commander agrees to let bygones be bygones, and everyone is happy, except the losers who couldn’t beat Kamuy. If we return to Furni, we learn more about the story. Fa can speak again and says Kamuy saved her from other monsters. The ordeal of that and the angry adults scared her to the point she couldn't speak. If we talk to the Commander, he rewards us for solving everything with a grand total of 500G. I know everything is cheap in this game, but 500 feels low for a late game quest. More likely, though, LoD low gold drops and shop prices have broken me. It is about two boss kills worth of gold, so it should be greatly appreciated.
Getting on with saving the world, The Mortal Dragon Mountain is a volcano in the far north of Millie Seseou. It’s filled with tiny dragons that beat us up. It's nice and straight forward, so we quickly come to the top of the mountain. We see light beams and hear sounds signifying a battle is taking place. But between who? As we get closer, we see Lloyd is dueling the Dragon. He says he’s got in the bag, but we have our doubts. Eventually, Lloyd poofs away, and we do battle.
The first thing that automatically happens is Dart uses the Dragon Block Staff. It’s great that it weakens the Dragon, but sucks that it weakens our Dragoons. I didn’t transform, but I’m betting it wouldn’t have ended well for us if we did. The Divine Dragon seems weak to magic. It’s too bad I only brought one item! He tends to use magic more than anything, so prepare for that. His physical attack hists everyone but does negligible damage. Deningrad has a great selection of potions, which I did stock up on, so don’t be afraid to use them. He also has three body parts. I don’t know if it matters, but I cut off his ball first. I have no idea what a Dragon Ball is... For some reason, getting to this legendary beast was harder than actually defeating him.
After the battle, Lloyd reappears and plunges the Dragon Buster into the big eye of the boss. As he does, a ball of light forms and Lloyd catches it. He claims it’s the Divine Dragoon Gem. He can’t use it, not to his surprise, but he then tells us his plan to sack Deningrad. The Dragon wasn’t a part of his plan but was a roadblock that needed to fall. With it now dead, he makes his escape. The party chases after him and manages to catch up, even though he can teleport. As we do so, he reveals himself to he a Wingly and shoots Dart and Rose away with a fireball. This distraction allows him to escape.
As Dart gets to his feet, Rose is still knocked out and loopy. She apologizes to Dart, but in a way that doesn’t seem like it’s to Dart. It's more likely she's talking to the man whom he reminds her of: Zieg. She then mumbles about the Black Monster, which makes Dart recall the night Neet burnt. Miru then picks us up, and we, once more, ask Miranda about their Moon Object. She says it’s the Moon Mirror and mentions the throne. We set off to Deningrad.
As we enter Evergreen, we see a scene where the Sacred Sister Wink is attacked by the upset Wingly from last night. He kills her guards and is about to do the same to her until Lloyd appears. Just as he did when she was beset in the Flower City, he saves her, and she invites him to the palace. Oh, your poor naive child...
When we get Deningrad, we, the player, quickly realize that Lloyd had been marinating Wonk the whole time. We also learn that we beat the Dragon over a week ago, so I have no idea how time works in this game. The other sisters tell us that Wink brought Lloyd here, and Luanna, seeing into his soul, saw that he is an evil man. When confronted, he kidnaps Theresa, taking her to wherever the Moon Mirror is. We learn where the location is and, while I forgot what it's called, I know it’s across the Kashia Glacier.
But I’ll figure out what’s it called tomorrow!
Shana is still sleeping. Which is, ya know, relatable in 2020. I’m thinking about doing a grinding session soon to max out these Additions. I suck with them, and Dart’s current one is terrible in every way, so powering through them will help in two ways. If I don’t update tomorrow, this will be why. Might not be tomorrow, as we’re getting to the snowy area. Snowy areas are always my favorite places. Freakin’ love me some snow.
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